Dendritic cells and differential usage of the MHC class II transactivator promoters in the central nervous system in experimental autoimmune encephalitis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 794-802

  Suter, Tobias ^a   Malipiero, Ursula ^a   Otten, Luc ^b   Ludewig, Burkhard ^c   Muelethaler Mottet, Annick ^b   Mach, Bernard ^b   Reith, Walter ^b   Fontana, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Central nervous system; CIITA; Dendritic cell; Experimental autoimmune encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINX; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS II; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033998024     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200003)30:3<794::AID-IMMU794>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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